October, 5. During Contrasts Festival, new piece for flute solo will be premiered.
Commissioned by Nataliia Kozhushko-Maksymiv. Annotation:
The name “M’Atematics” combines two words: “Atem” (“breath” in German) and “matics” (“mathematics” or “mechanics”). The work’s main idea is that breathing is not only a physiological process, but also something that can be studied and analyzed artistically. After all, in the abstract world of sounds, each breath sign continues the infinite formula of being, the mathematics of the universe.
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October, 6. Piece “Terra Clastri” for harpsichord and string orchestra will be premiered. Anna Ivaniushenko, soloist, Academic Chamber Orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos” under the direction of Vincent Kozlovsky.
Mariia Levkovych, Dzvenyslava Safian in the program note to the Contrasts Closing concert:
Meanwhile, to the newly created music for harpsichord and strings, a young artist from Dnipro, the winner of the Second All-Ukrainian Composer Competition named after Myroslav Skoryk, Yurii Pikush tried to find thin threads of interaction between the timbres of the instruments, which are whimsically intertwined, wandering the imaginary planet Terra Cla (harpsichord) Stri (ngs). The form of this work consists of several contrasting episodes that alternate, but each time appear in an updated form. At a certain moment, the strings and harpsichord reach the highest possible register, as if trying to escape beyond the limits of their terra… However, whether they will be able to overcome the limit of their capabilities, or under the force of irresistible gravity, the listener will be able to understand only at the very end.
